The URI Resource Library is a collection of downloadable materials and links to a variety of resources that support interfaith peacebuilding work.
Featured Resources
Appreciative Inquiry and URI
Appreciative Inquiry is a philosophy for positive change that was developed by Professor David Cooperrider and associates at Case University in Cleveland, Ohio. This document provides a brief summary of the Appreciative Interview process.
URI for Kids
A beautifully designed curriculum for children (and learners of all ages) that introduces URI's Preamble, Purpose and Principles, and provides excellent information and activities about different world religions and spiritual traditions.
Interfaith Peacebuilding Guide
The URI Interfaith Peacebuilding Guide is a resource for interfaith groups — those “everyday gandhis” who are making a difference one meeting at a time in their local communities.
Life and Peace Institute is an international and ecumenical center for peace research and action. Located in Sweden, they offer global peace research and seminar opportunities.
Living Values Education is a holistic system looking at education with the goal of providing principles to guide the devlopment of the whole person. The aim is to create a culture of positive values in each society throughout the world, believing that education is a purposeful activity designed to help humanity flourish.
Foremost religious leaders from diverse faith communities respond to the most controversial question of our time: Can we save the earth? The answer could hinge on the phenomenon of the fast-growing interfaith religious environmental movement.
Sande Hart, convenor of S.A.R.A.H (Spiritual and Religious Alliance for Hope) Cooperation Circle of URI has created this action packed guide for children on how to make a difference through involvement in community service.
This guide to mediating land-based disputes emerged in the aftermath of northern Uganda’s civil war – when one out of every four former combatants and other displaced persons returning to their homes became locked in a battle over land claimed by someone else.
On October 11th, 2006, a diverse group of 20 students and staff from 11 different traditions met in the Surry College Oak Suite for the inaugural interfaith meeting on campus. Read about the methodology they used to create an ambitious, varied interfaith program on their campus.
This 20 page booklet, created by URI's Moral Imagination Program, provides interactive, easily adaptable activities. These teaching ideas were developed by peace educators, Dr. John Paul Lederach and Dr. Herm Weaver.
Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet tells the story of a seventh century prophet who changed world history in 23 years, and continues to shape the lives of more than 1.2 billion people.
